diff --git a/.buildkite/hooks/pre-command b/.buildkite/hooks/pre-command
index e86e8b4a6..3b9906b85 100644
--- a/.buildkite/hooks/pre-command
+++ b/.buildkite/hooks/pre-command
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ function install_pkgs() {
   done
 }
 install_pkgs make linux-libc-dev graphviz jq curl binutils gnupg gnupg-agent \
-  gcc pkg-config apt-transport-https ca-certificates software-properties-common
+  gcc pkg-config apt-transport-https ca-certificates software-properties-common \
+  rsync
 
 # Install headers, only if available.
 if test -n "$(apt-cache search --names-only "^linux-headers-$(uname -r)$")"; then